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ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Volume 85, Issue 11, Pages 1848-1853Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.03.017
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aging; rehabilitation; spinal cord injuries
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Objectives: To document the impact of age, age at injury, years postinjury, and injury severity on changes over time in selected physical and psychosocial outcomes of people aging with spinal cord injury (SCI), and to identify the best predictors of these outcomes. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of people with SCI. Setting: Follow-up of people who received initial rehabilitation in a regional Model Spinal Cord Injury System. Participants: People who meet the inclusion criteria for the National Spinal Cord Injury Database were studied at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years postinjury. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Number of pressure ulcers, number of times rehospitalized, number of days rehospitalized, perceived health status, satisfaction with life, and pain during the most recent follow-up year. Results: The number of days rehospitalized and frequency of rehospitalization s decreased and the number of pressure ulcers increased as time passed. For the variables of pressure ulcers, poor perceived health, the perception of pain and lower life satisfaction, the best predictor of each outcome was the previous existence or poor rating of that same outcome. Conclusions: Common complications of SCI often herald the recurrence of those same complications at a later point in time, highlighting the importance of early intervention to prevent future health and psychosocial difficulties.
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